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I have heard both:
1. Plat./silver are softer and more easily scratched than gold, so gold rings/pendants will eat plat./silver rings/chains (though plat. can presumably be repolished with negligible metal loss).
2. Plat./silver are soft, so they pick up grit and become abrasive, and will eat away at adjacent gold which does exhibit this property.
What actually happens?
1. Plat./silver are softer and more easily scratched than gold, so gold rings/pendants will eat plat./silver rings/chains (though plat. can presumably be repolished with negligible metal loss).
2. Plat./silver are soft, so they pick up grit and become abrasive, and will eat away at adjacent gold which does exhibit this property.
What actually happens?